Positive Platforms for a Workable Future
This week our Workable Futures Initiative hosted leading-edge thinkers from policy, platforms, social innovation, worker advocacy, philanthropy, venture capital, and academia to discuss the transformation of work and prototype possible solutions. David Rolf, SEIU 775 President and longtime worker advocate, keynoted the event. Follow the conversation at #workablefutures to see how you can be an architect of the future! More »
Body Area Networks: The New Frontier
Wearable. Implantable. Outrageously connected. In the next decade, devices creating a new ecosystem of personal technology—Body Area Networks—will transform our lives. As we begin placing computing power in, on, and around the body, it will transform how we work, connect, and experience fun, and even shape our own sense of identity. Join our Technology Horizons program on October 21-22 for a view into this future. More »
Ingredients for Food Innovation
The landscape of food innovation is changing. Technology innovators turning toward food are encountering social forces like never before. Chefs and farmers are moving beyond kitchens and fields into labs and political arenas. Eaters are demanding food that tastes good and also cultivates healthy bodies and a resilient planet. Our current paradigms for thinking about the future of food no longer capture the dynamics of how change happens. On November 19, our Food Futures Lab will share its new framework for mapping food innovation and the ingredients for change.
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